[There's a slight pang of disappointment at his answer. So, that wasn't it, was it? She had been wrong in her assumption, and she looks away, missing the way his eyes stay glued to her for just a bit longer, and she gives a sharp clear of her throat that echoes into the tunnel.]

Now? Yes. Mostly just the aether and the rest comes naturally.

[She pauses, turns her back to him and stalks back to the first tunnel, mostly just to put some distance between them.]

Before? I had to focus on... what brought them about in the first place in order for it to work. Until eventually, I could memorize the feeling of summoning them.